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100 Cops, Not Even 10 Nurses | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by grte to c/britishcolumbia

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[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Especially ridiculous since police funding is not strongly correlated with crime reduction. Sure, they may help in super crowded areas like during a parade, but police don’t generally stop crimes from happening. You call them after the crime has occurred.

What is strongly correlated with lower crime is good social services, safety nets, economic equality, etc. Which is why crime in Canada is so much lower than in the US.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I feel like funding is strongly correlated with this:

"Sim and ABC’s support for more police officers led to a historic move by the Vancouver Police Union to officially endorse the party in the run-up to the 2022 civic election"

Bonus article: Vancouver police officers claim union reps told them not to take notes after death of Myles Gray